Year 10 CHEMISTRY Mock exam revision topics

Main topic Sub-topics Required practicals

4.1 Atomic structure Atoms Elements & Compounds, Mixtures, Development of the model of the atom ,
and the periodic Relative electrical charges of sub atomic particles, Size and mass of atoms, Relative atomic
table mass, Electronic structure, The Periodic table, Development of the periodic table, Metals
and non-metals, Group 0, Group 1,
Group 7
4.2 Quantitative Conservation of mass and balanced chemical equations, Relative formula mass, Mass
chemistry changes when a reactant or product is a gas, Chemical measurements
4.3 Bonding, Chemical bonds, Ionic bonding, Ionic compounds, Covalent bonding, Metallic bonding, The
structure and the three states of matter, State symbols, Properties of ionic compounds, Properties of small
properties of metals molecules, Giant covalent structures, Properties of metals and alloys, Metals as conductors
4.4 Chemical Metal oxides, The reactivity series, Extraction of metals and reduction, Oxidation and Required practical 1 – Making salts
changes reduction in terms of electrons (HT Only), Reactions of acids with metals, Neutralisation of Required practical 3 - Electrolysis
acids and salt production, Soluble salts, The pH scale and neutralisation, Strong and weak
acids (HT only), The process of electrolysis, Electrolysis of molten ionic compounds, Using
electrolysis to extract metals, Electrolysis of aqueous solutions, Representation of
reactions at electrodes as half equations (HT Only)
4.5 Energy changes Energy transfer during exothermic and endothermic reactions, Reaction profiles, The Required practical 4 – Temperature
energy change reactions (HT Only) changes